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    The symmetry the claim asserts therefore breaks down: fal... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Hume's regularity account is not undermined by the possibility of perceptual error any more than Ducasse's singular causation account is

    The symmetry the claim asserts therefore breaks down: fallibilism about regularities is self-correcting in ways singular causation fallibilism is not.

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    • 1.Regularities are publicly observable and reproducible, allowing communities to detect and correct errors through repeated experimentation.
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    • 2.Singular causal claims about specific events lack built-in correction mechanisms since unique events cannot be systematically re-tested.
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    • 3.Statistical patterns reveal deviations from expectations, triggering investigation; singular causation claims resist such falsification.
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    • 1.Singular causal claims can be corrected through accumulating evidence about similar cases, showing self-correction is possible here too.
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    • 2.Regularities themselves face the same underdetermination problem: multiple causal models can fit the same data without clear adjudication.
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    • 3.Both domains require background theory to interpret data; neither automatically corrects errors without framework revision.
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    Both domains require background theory to interpret data; neither automatically ...Hume's regularity account is not undermined by the possibility of perceptual err...Regularities are publicly observable and reproducible, allowing communities to d...Regularities themselves face the same underdetermination problem: multiple causa...
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    Singular causal claims about specific events lack built-in correction mechanisms...Singular causal claims can be corrected through accumulating evidence about simi...Statistical patterns reveal deviations from expectations, triggering investigati...

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